[R] save plot as jpg/gif

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Liu, Jane wrote:

> I am generating multiple plots and would like to save them as jpg or gif
> files. Could someone tell me which function I shall use?

jpeg() or bitmap()

R does not support GIF files because of the patent difficulties until 
recently (and possibly still, although the US, European and Japanese 
patents have expired: http://cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html) 
and a preference for PNG (see png()) which can easily be converted to gifs 
if needed.

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